Library Guides: Political Science: International Affairs

Subject Databases (non-political science)

After the general databases, International Affairs researchers can move into more specialized databases. Consider these:

America: History & Life with Full Text
Full text and citation searching of journal articles, dissertations, and book reviews on all aspects of North American history, including the United States and Canada. Covers publications from 1954 to present.
Business Source Complete
Provides bibliographic and full text content for more than 1,300 business journals, including indexing and abstracts back as far as 1886. Content includes financial data, conference proceedings, case studies, industry reports, SWOT analyses, faculty seminars, and more.
Asia-Studies
A database for the study of the modern Asia-Pacific region, with thousands of full-text journal articles, reports, and statistics covering a range of business, government, economic, and social issues. Includes Asia-Studies Humanities, a database focused on Asian languages, arts, culture, history, and religion.
Historical Abstracts with Full Text
Full text and citation searching of journal articles, dissertations, and book reviews on all aspects of world history from 1450 to the present, excluding the United States and Canada. Covers publications from 1954 to present. Covers publications from 1954 to present.

Human Rights Watch Reports Online
Includes recent publications and links to country reports and previous publications from 1989 to present.
United Nations Digital Library (Formerly UNBisNet)
Catalog of UN publications and documentation, voting records, and speeches. Most Official Records are available in microform, located in the Microforms Area of the Knowledge Center. Ask the Research Services staff for assistance in locating these and other UN publications.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
Includes over 3 million bibliographic references dating back to 1951. Covers a broad range of international material and incorporates over 100 languages and countries. Includes cross-disciplinary coverage across the social sciences, focused on four primary subject areas: anthropology, economics, political science and sociology.

IMF Data
Provides comprehensive access to International financial statistics (IFS), Balance of payments statistics (BOPS), Direction of trade statistics (DOTS), and Government finance statistics (GFS) databases. View and download predefined reports or build your own data reports using IMF (International Monetary Fund) data.
World Bank Data Catalog
The World Bank Group provides free access to its comprehensive set of data on living standards, finances, and energy data around the globe - over 2,000 indicators, including hundreds that go back 50 years. The data is available in Arabic, French, and Spanish in addition to English.

UN Data
The numerous UN databases, tables and glossaries cover a wide range of themes including Agriculture, Crime, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health, HIV/AIDS, Human Development, Industry, Information and Communication Technology, National Accounts, Population, Refugees, Tourism, Trade, as well as the Millennium Development Goals indicators and Country Profiles.
Correlates of War

Background Notes (U.S. Dept. of State)
Short overviews of countries, focusing on political, economic, and cultural information.
CIA World Factbook
Basic background information, data, flags and maps.
List of Foreign Governments
This guide from Northwestern University provides links to the websites of most foreign governments and their divisions. It is very useful for finding current information, often as press releases.
List of IGOs (International Government Organizations)
A comprehensive list of international government organizations.
Nationmaster.com
Use this statistical database to display country rankings & create charts & graphs.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
World Bank books and papers from 2009 to the present, including the “World Development Report,” country studies, and analytical reports, with fresh material to be added regularly. Beginning in 2013, the repository will include datasets.